Bale-tie



(N0 Model.)

0. P. FANNIN. BALE TIE.

No. 267,853. Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

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. ATTDRNEY S.

UNI ED STATES OLIVER I. FANNIN, OF WEST WYNNTON, FLOR-IDA.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,853, dated November21, 1882.

Application filed August 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER P. FANNIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Wynnton, in the county of Calhoun and State of Florida,have invented a new and useful gale-Tie, of which the following is aspecifica- My invention relates to improvements in the means by whichcotton-bale bands are tight- I0 ened and secured in place; and theobjects of my improvement are, first, to take up the slack in thebale-bands; second, to so construct the machine as that the buckle shallbe automatically adjustable; third, to secure rapidity and ease in themanipulation of the machine;

and, fourth, to construct it in the simplest and most economical manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy improvement, with the tightener and buckle in position for operation.Fig. 2 represents a like View, showing the operation completed. Fig. 3is an end view, showing slot'D. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the buckle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout thedrawings.

The band-tightener or slack-taker consists of a plate,A, having roundedends a, and is provided with a longitudinalslot, B, whichextends towithin a shortdistance of eitherend of the plate. The sides of the slotare parallel and have grooves 0 throughout their length.(Jorrespondingin width with these grooves (l is a second slot, D,through one end of the plate 3 5 A. A rack, E, slides in the grooves G,and is furnished upon one side with teeth, which gear with like teethupon a semicircular plate, F, pivoted in an extension, G, of plate A,and Working through a slot, H, formed in the edge of said plate andextension. The plate F is provided with a lever-handle, I, and throughsaid handle and plate longitudinal motion is imparted to rack E. Nearthe solid end of the plate A a slotted stud, K, is secured, and beyondsaid stud there isa post, L. The slot in the aforesaid stud is in linewith the movement of the rack E, and is continued through the plate A atan angle of forty degrees to form a guide, M, for the spur of thebuckle, for pur- 50 poses'hereinafter described. Upon the innerextremity of the rack E is a second stud, N, slotted throughout itslength inthe same planes as stud K. Back of stud N a sunken shoulder, n,is formed in the rack E. 1 The buckle 0 consists of a Z-shaped piece ofmetal, whoselowerend is connected by an oblique bar, 0, with the middleof the stem, thus forming a triangular slot, '0, in its lower half, andcausing the back 0 0 of the buckle to be angled at or near its middlepoint, and whose upper extremity is provided with a spur, o, to preventthe bale-bandQ from slipping off the buckle. P is a small slot, formingacontinuation of one of the angles of the triangular slot 0, and isintended to hold the band in position while the fastener is in course ofoperation. The operation of the machine is as follows, to wit: One endof the bale-band is passed through the triangular slot of of the buckle,bent backward, and riveted in place. The band is then passed around thebale and its free extremity islooped about the stud K and passed overthe post L. The buckle is then placed in the slotted stud N, so thatwhile one part of its angled back rests upon the face of the rack E andagainst the shoulder '11. the other part extends through the slot B.Upon raising the lever I the bale-band is gradually tightened and thespurred end of the buckle finally enters the guide M, is forced upwardby the obliquity of said guide into the slot of the stud K, engages withtheloop of the band and forces'the same over and off said stud, therebybuckling the band and completing the operation. In the same manner theremaining bands are fastened upon the halo.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The Z-shaped buckle 0, provided with slots 0' 1 spur 0 and angledback 0 0 substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the rack .E, provided with shoulder at andslotted stud N, of the buckle 0, having angled back 0 0 substantially asdescribed, whereby said buckle is adapted to be held in position whilethe band is being-tightened, asset forth.

3. The combination of the slotted plate A, provided with slotted stud K,post- L, and 100 guide M, with the rack E, provided with slotscribed,whereby the buckle is held in place, ted stud N and shoulder n, thesemicircular guided and connected with the end of the plate F, and leverI, substantially as and. for bale-band, as and for the purposesdescribed. the purposes described. OLIVER P. FANNIN.

5 4. The combination, with the band-tight- Witnesses:

ener A E F I and buckle 0, of the slotted L. BAKER, studs N K and guideM, substantially as de- J. H. MUSE.

